The Melody Of Our Love

50.Brutality

Author's POV:

The room was bathed in a sickly glow from the single overhead bulb,casting sharp,distorted shadows on the walls.

Karan stood over the restrained figure of viranshu,his expressions unreadable ,save for the dakr fury simmering beneath the surface.Viranshu was bound to the chair .his face already battered and bloody,but the real terror came when Karan picked up the knife.

Karan's voice was low and steady ,a sharp contrast to the impending violence."you've made a lot of mistakes viranshu.but tonight,tonight you will pay every single one of them."

Viranshu's eyes widened ,and for a moment,fear flickered on his face,but it was quickly replaced with that familiar twisted evil grin."karan,karan,karan ,you really think this will change anything."

His voice was thick with condescension ,even as he winced at the pain surging through his body.

Karan didn't respond immediately,instead he took the step closer,the knife glinting ominously in his hand.Woth a deliberate,surgical motion,he pressed the blade against viranshu's other cheek and started pushing it.

Viranshu screamed-a raw gutteral sound,that echoed through the otherwise silent house.His body jerked against the restraints,but karan held him steady.

The blade carving a slow,agonizing path through the flesh.Blood streamed down through viranshu's face dripping into his shirt and pooling beneath the chair.

Karan's eyes never left viranshu's.he wanted him to feel the evry second of it.To understand the pain,the absolute hatred that had brought them to this moment.

After what felt like an eternity,karan finally withdraw the viranshu's screams subsided into low,choked sobs.his breathing ragged .Blood tricked down his face mixed with the sweat coating his skin.

"You think ,this hurts." Karan's voice was ice-cold."this is nothing compared to what you did to my mehar ."

Viranshu's laughter bubbled up from deep within him,a wet gurgling sound that was more unsettling than anything else."Mehar? That bitch?  She was nothing karan.kust a toy to be played with and when I found out that she was carrying you spawn,well ,i couldn't let that happen.could i?"

Karan's hand tightened around the knife,but he stayed calm.to listen.

Viranshu grinned through the pain,his teeth stained with blood."you see,I never intended to kill her.No,I wanted her all to myself.but she was tainted,ruined by you.i couldn't bear it.shdd was supposed to be mine.Mine to control,mine to break,mine to destroy."

His words hung in the air, each one ,twisting the knife deep into karan's physce.but he remained silent,his jaw clenched,his knuckles white around the hilt of the blade.

" And then" viranshu continued ,his voice dripping with malice."when I got to know ,she was pregnant, That's when I know.she has to die.But i didn't just want to kill her.no.i wanted to tear her apart.piece by piece,until there is nothing left of the woman you loved."

Karan's breath hitched,his vision blurring with red - hot rage.but he kept silent,letting viranshu dig his own grave with his words .

"And you know what karan.?" Viranshu leaned forward,as much as his restraints allowed him to.His eyes gleaming with sick -delight."your best friend viraj,helped me.he wanted to see you suffer just as much as I did.he was the one ,who make sure everything goes as according to plan.you were too blinded by your pathetic love to see the truth."

Karan's heart pounded in his chest,each revelation like the blow to the gut.viraj - his closest friend ,the one person he thought he could trust - had been part of this all along.